What is the product obtained when carbon dioxide reacts with ethyl magnesium iodide, followed by acid hydrolysis?

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18 Mar 2019
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When ethyl magnesium iodide (a Grignard reagent) reacts with CO2 and is subsequently treated with acid, the resulting compound is propanoic acid. This occurs because the Grignard reagent adds to CO2, forming a carboxylate intermediate that is converted to the carboxylic acid upon hydrolysis.

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